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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There is aloooooottt of ceratodus species, you should get them all done aswell to complete the collection 😉🙏

DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

FIRST PALEOART PIECE SOLD EVER!!! Bought by a member of my local wildlife organisation I am part of, The Wilderness Society! This piece sold for 300AUD, and half of it went to the wildlife conservation organisation as my personal will to help save the enviroment. #sciart #art #wildlifeconservation

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Gen Conway @trigonotarbida.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

painting fur is taking a bit of time to get the hang of

close up of part of an oil painted platypus (painting in progress)

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thats gotta be a telltale sign for the importance of the sites, and in general the knowledge of Alcoota. I was so suprised to not see as much media coverage on it, let alone paleoart of it. There is just SO much there. Hopefully in future, more attention and light is brought to Alcoota, its deserved

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Oh man that is just so cool!! What a find!! Are you able to identify which Kolopsis species just from the Maxilla by any chance? Thats gotta be one of the most thrilling feelings ever! I'm trying to get into fossil hunting programs locally but its proving difficult...

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Alcoota Beds are roughly dated around 8mya (No Official Exact Estimates from what I last heard) In the late Miocene.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In the furthest distance, a looming vast *unusually late* seasonal Storm is brewing... With winds picking up, and the flood plain water levels already at its highest it has been in a long time, this storm could have devasting impacts for

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The rest of their flock have migrated already, as the end of the season has arrived. But something isn't *quite right...*

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Alongside the pair of Mihirung, the last remanence of a much greater flock of *Large Alcoota Flamingos (Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae*) Mostly stand in shock, but one starts to fly away in fear of the grunts. They stay close to the Mihirung, as a way of comfort and protection.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In the distance, the loud echoing grunts have alerted a pair of *Stirton's Mihiurng (Dromornis stirtoni),* The Larger Male standing guard, while the smaller Female stays on edge and stays cautious.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

She however has no intent, as the risk of injury will only threaten her Joey's life aswell. Across the tree, lies a shell shocked *Alcoota Goanna. (Varanus sp.)*, which must've been asleep on the tree, until the loud grunts of the Male Wakaleo awoken them.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

He has claimed this Banksia Tree as a suitable spot to lay his kill down, a lone young *Small Alcoota zygomaturine male, (Kolopsis torus.)* The Male Wakaleo guards his kill tightly, and vigorously grunts to warn the Mother to stay away.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A *faint* smell of a carcass draws a Mother *Alcoota Marsupial Lion, (Wakaleo alcootaensis),* nearby, with her Joey alongside her, resting in her pouch.She comes across a fellow male of her species, who grunts in warning at the sight of her.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Alcoota Fossil beds are a rich Lagerstätte Fossil Site from the Northern Territory of Australia, Near Alcoota Station within the locality of Anmatjere, within the Anmatyerr people's land. This scene depicts an interconnected story.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Wakaleo alcootaensis Illustration! More context of the scene, fauna, flora and enviroment in comments! This illustration has had lots research and planning with help from the leading palaeontologist for the Alcoota Beds, Adam Yates! @reddirtpalaeo.bsky.social #sciart #paleoart #megafauna #alcoota

Wakaleo Alcootaensis Mother&Joey Walk by a defensive Male Wakaleo with a hunted Kolopsis torus carcass perched in a banksia tree. With the Male Grunting in defense from the mother, An Alcoota Goanna stands shell shocked nearby in the same Banksia tree, and in the distance, a pair of Dromornis stirtoni stay alert, as they heard the grunting from the Male Wakaleo. A few Alcoota Large Flamingo stand by, but one flies away in fear of the grunts. A looming storm in the furthest distance towers over the enviroment. With the floodplain at its max water level, this storm may prove devastating for the Alcoota Fauna/Flora.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Ritual - A1 Painting of 2 Rhoetosaurus brownei. The main themes are Idealism, being boxed in, and put into catergories. It has more layers to it but I'll put my thoughts aside, as the main idea is to not give pre-concieved ideas to viewers. Instead, what do YOU see? #paleoart #art #sciart

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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Leedsichthys problematicus, a whale-sized filterfeedeer pachycormid fish from the late jurassic I dont know much about non-tetrapod anatomy, so below i'll thank everyone who coached me and helped me make this commission accurate within what we know of it !! ↓↓

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Such a pigeon vibe from this angle, superb face! Huggable even!

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Fun lil Portrait Sketch of Muttaburrasaurus based off new paper! (Featuring fun speculative feathering) What a pointy nose! #sciart #paleoart #palaeontology #australianpalaeontology #eromanga #muttaburrasaurus #art #dinosaur

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

PeerJ Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia peerj.com/articles/207... @peerj.bsky.social

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Thank you! Took quite a few attempts to get right! A few sore fingers and eye strains later, I am satisfied with the fur, but next time I want to clean it up a bit and make it more cohesive.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Id like to note that W. alcootaensis is the biggest and youngest of the Wakaleo species, the size of an average leopard! They have more ground adapted anatomy, and alot of converging traits with Thylacoleo sp., despite the 2 Genuses diverging around late oligocene early miocene!

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Truly all the words needed to understand the animal❗️

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Wakaleo alcootaensis Final Coneptualisation - For the next 2 months, I will be working on the final W. alcootaensis and adjacent flora and fauna illustration on A2. Thank you Dr. Adam Yates for feedback and criticisms for Wakaleo and Alcoota sp.! #sciart #paleoart #palaeontology #alcoota #wakaleo

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Thylacine

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Cambrian on my mind #sciart

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Armin Reindl @arminreindl.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Some days ago I made a thread on Pleistocene crocs in honor of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, and now I'm bringing it here too. Let me prefice this by saying that I of course understand their absence, obviously more unique fauna takes priority and I don't begrudge the team their choice

A photo of a crocodile resting at the edge of a river, its jaws agape. Image by the BBC

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

For I have not vanished off the face of the earth, but instead been facing my agorophobia with the outside world and started my Diploma of Visual arts! And my Wakaleo alcootaensis will be a forefront piece for one of my assigments, proposal of exhibition! I went with Paleoart! #paleoart #sciart #art

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Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Piece for upcoming shark book. Male meg grabs the pectoral of a resistant female amidst a baitball of Alosa (shad). Meanwhile, a flock of Spheniscus megaramphus (extinct large, long-billed banded penguin) and an extinct toucan-billed booby, Ramphastosula, go fishing. Pisco Formation, Miocene Peru

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

My total inspiration for the themes and composition is just classical naturalist illustrations so I can totally see why you would want to do that! I plan to redo this painting sometime in the future, but I'll focus on other animals for now!

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

✨ Celebrate International Women's Day by following and platforming women in palaeoart ✨

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

So nostalgic and fits so well. In love with this!

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age promo card, Woolly mammoths.

Giant kangaroo Procoptodon from Prehistoric Planet Ice Age.

Homotherium serum from Prehistoric Planet Ice Age.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Those would be lovely to see, hopefully the exhibition opens up again soon. One of my art units from my recent Cert. III was about getting commissioned, there is so many little meticulous details and assumptions both the client and the artist need to make, it was suprisingly difficult!

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Even when I correct myself I'm still wrong, Im such a twit! Sorry Gabriel . 🙏

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Yes! I have been reconstructing w. alcootanesis with the help of Adam Yates, just with the skull so far. I have measured the P-C Material, and I plan on doing a full skeletal when some other potential referred P-C material is described. I will post the skull and some prelim illustration wips soon!

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Oh true! Didn't even notice that, thanks for pointing out! Yeah, the head is very nice, I'm currently working on a Wakaleo alcootaensis illustration so this has been a good inspiration of reconstruction style.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

A lovely blog to read in the morning with a cup of tea. Very nice. I think Gabriel Ugeuoto's reconstruction is perhaps my favourite, aswell as it stands up to date with the recent phylogentic paper, being so, well, koala-like!

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

(Old art) Brown Honeyeater! (Lichmera indistincta ocularis) And Weeping Bottle-Brush! (Callistemon/Melaleuca viminalis) The Brown Honeyeater is a local species to my home, a common, "drab" (I beg to differ), beautifully voiced bird. Top: Male Middle: Juvenile Bottom: Female #sciart #birdart #bird

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☆ astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A scene I did of Miocene Amazonia for a commission: an early Iniid River dolphin catches a frog right before a greedy arapaima does while Stirtonia-like monkeys hoop and holler at the commotion! Pretty interesting concept I must say. 🇧🇷 #paleoart

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Hugo Paleoart @hugopaleoart.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Hi everyone! Here's a 10-hour drawing of my late bearded collie, Geronimo. Colored pencils, A3, gray paper. #dog #art #animal #pet #cute #fur #fluffy

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The brown honeyeaters have yet to be posted, I will post them in the near future!

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The fish is Ceratodus nargan, an extinct relative of the Qld Lungfish. The giant amphibian is the 3m Koolasuchus cleelandi. The birds are the brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta ocularis) Male at top, female bottom, Juvenile on left! I have singular post of each, so more info ab them there!

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